Cobblebank railway station


Cobblebank railway station is a station on the Serviceton line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the western Melbourne suburb of Cobblebank. It was built as part of the Ballarat line upgrade. It was completed by the State Government of Victoria, the opening day was on 1 December 2019, with first services operating from the station on 2 December 2019. The station will eventually become part of the metropolitan network under the Western Rail Plan, announced by the Andrews government in 2018.

History

In November 2017, the state government announced the station would be built with a scheduled late-2019 completion date. The station, built as a part of the Regional Rail Revival Ballarat Line Upgrade project, was constructed in order to serve the future residential developments occurring nearby.
On 26 October 2018, the station's designs were revealed and at the same time, station was renamed from Toolern to Cobblebank.
The station was opened on 1 December 2019. 1000 community members turned up to the opening celebration.

Facilities, platforms & services

The station has a ticketing office, Protective Services Officer station, waiting room, male, female and accessible toilets, bicycle parking cage, an accessible pedestrian overpass with lifts, ramps and stairs, two side platforms, and also bus and car parking. The station has provision for two express railway tracks, which will most likely be laid after electrification works to Melton are complete.
Platform 1:
Platform 2:
Sita Buslines operates one route to and from Cobblebank station:
454: to Melton Station

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